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Wednesday, May 15, 2013

Thinness The New Subservience?

"A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty, but an obsession about female obedience. Dieting is the most potent political sedative in women’s history; a quietly mad population is a tractable one." -Naomi Wolf, The Beauty Myth
Interesting thought. This world has always been obsessed with female obedience. This obsession with thinness is a fairly new thing. Maybe it came about as a way to maintain female subservience. Maybe not, but its something to think about. Maybe I should get my hands on that book.

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About Me

I have been spending some time trying to figure out what I want out of life and what steps I need to take in life to get what I want. I have decided to focus on teaching journal therapy and have been researching what my options are and what I need to do to achieve that. I hope to eventually make that my career. I am also interested in poetry and photography. I hope to continue to cultivate my creativity and maybe even make them both side careers.

Why I Blog

This blog is mostly a way for me to navigate my very muddled journey to self-discovery. My past has caused me to put up walls to protect myself. Now those walls are hindering me and I'm determined to break them down.

I'm also using this blog as a way to post my writing anonymously. I love to write but I'm super insecure about it. Opening myself up to criticism scares me to death. My creative self is incredibly fragile. But I desire to improve so I have to do it.

This blog is going to be an outlet for me as well. Posting pictures, quotes, inspiring writing, and my random thoughts is a way for me to keep them and refer to them whenever I need to.

Dreams

◊ To Graduate College With Business And Writing or Literature Degrees◊ To Make A Living By Writing◊ To Make A Living With Photography◊ To Own A House On The Beach◊ To Meet A Man Who Loves And Respects Me◊ To Raise Good And Successful Children

◊ To Teach Journal Therapy, Especially To Children◊ To Go To Other Countries And Help Formerly Exploited People Become Financially Independent◊ To Learn To Play The Violin◊ To Learn To Play The Pipa◊ To Travel For Fun◊ To Learn Archery